Power Outages Mount As Storm Intensifies: Patch PM
More than 45,000 power customers across Massachusetts are in the dark a gusty rainstorm intensifies around the state.
The majority of outages as are in southeastern and southwestern Massachusetts.
The strongest winds are expected to last through 11 p.m. and blow along the coast and in the southeastern part of the state. A 66-mile-per-hour wing gust was recorded at the Blue Hills Observatory in Milton.
Outages should continue to mount late into Monday night. The storm will persist into the overnight hours.
Patch will be providing storm coverage throughout the evening. Click here for the latest.
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Waltham police said the person responsible for half a dozen random attacks at the Gardencrest apartment complex, is likely also responsible for another half a dozen attacks around the city.
"The person responsible for these crimes appears to be lying in wait and attacking victims by surprise," police said in a statement Monday.
The earliest attack happened at 5:30 p.m. and the latest at 11:30 p.m.
Initially these attacks stuck to within Gardencrest apartment complex on Middlesex Circle, but recent attacks that follow a similar pattern have been reported in the downtown areas of Chestnut and Charles streets, police said.
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This article originally appeared on the Boston Patch
